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Healthcare Road Rage
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk – and fear – about violence against healthcare executives. Less talked about is the near doubling of violent incidents against healthcare workers. Well, we’re going to talk about it. What’s behind the violence? Who’s involved? And, importantly, what can we do about it?
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Murder Won’t Restore Moral Balance
Brian Thompson’s murder was shocking. But how much public hatred of the health insurance industry was smoldering just below the surface, was equally so. Wendy gives a powerful editorial on the events unfolding, and how schadenfreude is an attempts to restore moral balance, that we condemn and dismiss at our peril.
Rebalancing Our Work
December 5, 2024Rebalancing Our Work The discussion about work structure in medicine can easily descend into a toxic altruism-fueled race to the bottom, but we think there's more to it. Matt and Wendy wrestle with whether the quest for a work-life balance should have...
Oh, What a Year
One year, 30+ episodes, thousands of downloads, dozens of guests, and countless f-bombs. We’re celebrating our first anniversary in this special episode addressing listener emails, reviewing some of the most popular episodes in year one, and toasting the best part of our show: you.
How Economics Explains the World (and Healthcare!)
Are our “free markets” truly free? How can we achieve a balanced healthcare economy when we privatize profits but socialize losses? Andrew Leigh, member of the Australian House of Representatives and professor of economics at Australian National University, joins us to talk about how “economics can be defined as a social science that studies how people maximize their well-being in the face of scarcity”, and how that applies to healthcare.
The Fight for Physician-Led Healthcare
We’re bringing you into the ‘room where it happens’ and broadcasting a panel discussion that we recorded live at the PHA leadership conference in Naples, Florida last month. Moderated by Dutch Rojas, speakers Mike Lipomi and our own Wendy Dean led a rousing conversation on what physician-led healthcare means, and what doctors and patients lose when we don’t have control over care.
A Small Fish in a Big Pond
Successfully operating an independent hospital in a sea of large hospital systems is no easy task. How do you maintain negotiating power? How do you retain staff? How do you keep private equity at bay? Kurt Barwis, President and CEO of Bristol Health in Bristol, CT, joins us to talk about how to stand out – and stand up – for his hospital’s independence, and his community.
Live at the PHA Leadership Summit
The PHA is focused on how to reclaim physician-led care, and what we can do to create and facilitate the structures needed to help physicians become, and stay, independent. In our first ever live record (outside, and in the rain) Matt, Wendy, and a few members of the audience tell their personal stories of how they became, and remain independent.
Dr. Don Berwick: When Profit Becomes a Problem
Dr. Don Berwick brings decades of healthcare leadership to a conversation with Matt and Wendy about the effect of social, moral, and structural determinants of health on the physician experience. He offers a welcome reminder of the essential good at the heart of our profession and implores us to work together for the change we wish to see.
An Intro to A.I.
AI in medicine is here to stay. But do we like it? In the first of many episodes to come on this topic, Wendy and Matt discuss AI’s growing influence in healthcare, and ask, “Does AI help or hurt the patient/physician experience, and what can we do about it either way?”
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